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Surgery and drugs outperform diet and exercise for fat-free mass loss
A systematic review and meta-analysis of studies, ‘Effects of Incretin-Based Therapies, Diet and Exercise interventions, and Bariatric Surgery on Fat-Free Mass in Adults with Overweight or Obesity: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis’, presented at the European Congress on Obesity in Istanbul, Turkey, shows that diet and exercise interventions result in a lower proportion of fat-free mass loss compared with bariatric surgery or obesity drugs among people undergoing a weight


Journal Watch 4/10/2023
Welcome to our weekly round-up of the latest bariatric and obesity-related papers published in the medical literature. As ever, we have...


Bariatric surgery patients may be at high risk for opioid overdose
A third of people who underwent weight-loss surgery at University of Michigan Health from 2018 to 2020 were at high risk of overdosing...


Journal watch 17/11/2021
Welcome to our weekly round-up of the latest bariatric and obesity-related papers published in the medical literature. As ever, we have...


New guidelines for the use of metabolic surgery as a diabetes treatment
In the first afternoon of the XXI Brazilian Bariatric Surgery Congress, happening in São Paulo, this year's participants were able to...


Bariatric surgery is safe and effective in patients with advanced liver disease
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) has been reported in approximately 70-90% of patients with morbid obesity undergoing metabolic...


Surgery and weight-loss medications show promise for reducing the long-term effects of hypertension
Bariatric and metabolic surgical procedures and weight-loss medications show promise for reducing the long-term effects of hypertension...


Bariatric surgery cost-effective in reducing COVID-19 related morbidity and mortality
Increasing the number of bariatric and metabolic surgeries (BMS) would be expected to reduce COVID-19-related morbidity and mortality, as...


Study highlights patient factors contributing to underutilisation of bariatric surgery
Penn State College of Medicine researchers have identified several variables that affect a patient's likelihood of getting bariatric...


Huge European disparities in access to bariatric surgery
There are large differences between European countries in terms of accessibility to metabolic surgery and quality indicators of metabolic...
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